The Sun. — London, England, 1864-11-10 00:00:00

Banquet at the Guildhall, After the return of the procession from Nests minster, the next and most prominent event that marks the great annual civic celebration was the banquet given by the new Lord Mayor at the Guild hall. Since the dinner of last year the old hall has received several most important improvements, and especially in the substitution of a new and loftier roof, more in consonance with the original style of structure than was its predecessor, which was flat and nn•ornamental. It was constructed after the Great Fire, but, unliko the present, which is a fine open oaken roof, was not constructed in accordance with the Gothic style of architectura of the build ing, by which it is supported. The other improve ments in the interior of the hall itself are also admi rably conceived and carried out, and were particu /grly observed by the company assembled, and elicited general praise. Oa the walls were arranged the arms of the Lord Mayors of the City of London, emblazoned in gold and colour upon a neutral-coloured groundwork. The fig of the twelve great companies were sus pended from the roof, and the cornices bore the mottoes, in gold letters of the companies. The hall was lighted by 16 gaseliers, similar to those used in the decoration of the hall on the memorable visit of the Prince and Princesa of Wales, and the long lines of gas jets which, in former years, ran in straight lines, or marked the architectural features of the hall, were not brought into requisition. The hall presented a very light and brilliant appearance. The entrance was as usual decorated with military trophies, figures in armour, mirrors, and flowering plants. In the loggia of the Exchequer Chamber were portraits of Lord Elgin, Sir J. Lawrence, Lord Canning, Sir J. Ross, Sir Robert Geoffrey, Lord Mayor in 1686; Nicholas Leate, Viscount Hood, Thomas Betton, Izaak Walton, Captains Speke and Barton, and Lord Palmerston, as Lord 'Warden of the Cinque Ports. The hall was also decorated with various works of sculpture; among others statues of Falkland, a Circassian, bust of Dorothea, and bust of Angelica, by John Bell; bust of Sir J. Lawrence, colossal bust of the late Prince Consort, and statue of Sir W. Peel, by W. Theed ; statue of his late Royal Highness the Prince Consort, by M. Noble; a figure of Undine, by C. Marshall ; bust of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and a statuette of her M ijasty by W. Theed. In the conservatory, on the north side of the alderman's court-room, was a scenic represents• tion of Garibaldi recounting to his friends, on his arrival at Caprera, the particulars of his reception in England, and the presentation to him of the freedom of this City by the Corporation of London in April last. There was also a statue of the Spirit of the Storm, by C. Bacon, and one of Vse Lady of the Lake, by J. Durham. In the court-yard at the western end of the Aldermen's court-room another conservatory was fittedup, con• twining a representation of the arrival by night of their Royal Highnesses ths. Prince and Princess of Wales at Stockholm. In the committee room of the aldermen was shown a bronze statue of a monu ment to Humphrey Cheetham, the founder of the Cheetham Library and Schools at Manchester, by IV. Theed. The company begun to arrive shortly after five o'clock, and a very hearty reception was given to 014 d stone, Lord Granville, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, M. Berryer, and in an especial manner to Lord Palmerston, who was cheered heartily on passing through the hall to the Council Chamber, where he was received by the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs. At 7 o'clock Lord Palmerston and the more honoured of the guests catered the hail, pre ceded by the members of the Entertainment Corn. mittee and the Lord - Miyor, with his insignia of office, the band playing the "Roast Beef of Old England." At the close of the dinner the Icving cup was passed 'round, and M. Berryer and M. D.:smarets regarded this ancient custom of drinking with con siderable interest, and drank to Lord Brougham vith cordial satisfaction. The Lord l'Aayor and Lady 'Mayoress were sup- F orted by the Lard Chancellor, the lion. Mies Bethell, Viscount Palmerston, the Duke of Somer set,Mr Sheriff Dakin and Lady, Earl Granville, the Marquis cf Salisbury, the Earl de Grey and Ripon, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Viscount Nevill, the Lord Chief Baron, Mr Baron Bramwell, Mr Baron Channel], Mr Justice Blackburn, Lord C. Peget, M. Berryer, Lord Brougham, M. Deemarets, the Honduras Minister, and the Persian Minister. The general company included the Right Hon. W. Hutt and lady, Admiral D..cres, Mr I. G. Baring, M.P., his Highness the Ebkal-od-Dowleb, Mr Layard, M.P., Sir Geo. Bo a'yer, Mr C. Gilpin, M.P., Mr L:cke, M.P., Mr Cox, M.P., Mr Maynard, Mr J. and Miss Johnstone, Mr J. G. Frith, the Lord Chancellor's Principal Secretary, Dr Graham, the Attorney-Genera], the Solicitor-General, Lord R. Montagu, M P., llcaa. E. Ashley, Sir W. Dun bar, M.P., Sir Hugh Cairns, M.P., Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald, M.P., Mr R)aack, M.P., Mr R. W. Kennard, M.P., Mr Childers, M.P., Mr W. Tite, M.P., Sir H. Holland, Bart., Sir J. Grant, Sir R. Mayne, K.C.8., Mr T. Henry, Mr J. Bateman, Mr that loa2. tiOCS 0 A cm. du‘..2t tffi2icut foundation• The LORD MAYOR DO and Mrs Cock, Mr C. White, Captain Jones, R A„ Mr F. White, Mr Soames, Mr Pringle, Aldermen Wilson, Duke, Musgrove, Challis, Fianis, Carden, Carter, Roce, Phillips, Gabriel, Allen, Mechi, Ab bias, Lawrence, Gibbons, Waterlow, Lusk, and Stone; Commissioner of Police and Lady, Mr H. L. Holland, Mr F. T. Elliott, Mr G. A. Hamilton, Mr H. Jones, Mr W. H. Twen!y man, Mr J. Dillon, Mr A. Croll, Mr J. Pitcher, Sir G. and Lady Pol lock, Mr J. Thwailes, Mr H. Pownall, Mr Kempe, Mr and Mrs Jerningham, tho Common Srgeant, Secondary Potter, the R:-2.membratccr and Miss Corrie, the City Architect and Miss Jones, the R:ght Hon. H. B. W. Brand, M.P., Mr W. N. Massey, M.P., the Town Clark and lady, the Comp troller and lady, the Solicitor and lady, Mr and Mrs Mortimer, Mr It. W. Crawford, M.P., Mr G. J. Goschen, M.P,, Mr M. B. Sampson and lady, the Master Cutler, ShefiLld, the Master of the Mercers' Company, the Master of the Grocers' Company, the Prime Warden of the Goldsmiths' Company, the Master of the Skinners' Company, the Master of the Salters' Company, Mr J. Thorp, Capt. Baker, Admiral Nicholson, Clptain Owen, Col. Neale, Mr and Mrs Cave, Mr G. Cockereil, Mr and Mrs Cot. terell, the Under Sherif3 and lAics, the Sheriffs' Chaplains and ladies, the Lord Mayor's Chaplain, the late Lord Mayor's Chaplain, &c. The LORD MAYOR gave the first toast, which was of " The glee°, and may she long reign over a loyal and a happy people." - was drun't with the usual demonstra. apPlame, and was followed by the National The next health given was that of " The Prince and Princess of Wales, and the rent of the Royal Family," which was followed by the ballad of " Home, sweet home," very well sung with much fceling by Miss Louisa The " Army and Navy" was next given, and with the toast were associated the names of the Duko of Somerset and Lord De Grey and Ripon. The Duke of SOMERSET ackcowledged the toast on behalf of the navy —a service which, he said, was engaged in almost every part of the world. 1113 grace Ras understood to fiai that he bad the, morning received from Admiral Kuper his de. E patches, giving an account of the recent action in the Japanesa waters, end he was glad to perceive that the navy had on that occasion, as on others, ELI ly supported the reputation of the country, Earl DE GREY and RIPON, in replying on behalf of the army and volunteers, said that he was fully aw are that the British troops serving in every part the world chErished deeply the good opinion of their fellow.countrytnen, and it was the thought that they r still lived in the kindlyecollEction cf those th e y Lad left behind that helped to support them through the herdehips anal difficulties which they had to undergo. With regard to the military establish me7 is of the country they were called upon, no doubt, to make very great improvements in the materiel of the army ; but in all the changes which would be necessary, they still hoped to preserve one and that was the hearty spirit and good con ,of the deers and men. The volurVeer force, was glad to see, was now established upon a firm gave "The health of the to the talent and ability of France by inviting to your table a man who is the most worthy represens tative of the intellect and I can say of the patriot ism of his country. (Cheers.) I trust that this visit may add another link to that bond of friendship which ought to unite, and which I trust does unite the two nations neighbouring to each other, which stand foremost in the civilisation of the world,which are capable of inuicting upon each other enormous injury as enemies, but which are able on the other hand to confer upon each other the greatest benefits as friends. (Cheers.) I must crave permission, my lord, to ask this assembly to drink another toast, which I am sure they will drink with great satisfac tion—l mean your health, my Lord Mayor; and I am persuaded that, upon every account and upon every consideration, this great and distinguished assembly will join me in doing honour to the chief magistrate of the City, and cffering their thanks for the cordial and courteous reception which all have met with this evening at his hands. " The Health of the Lord Mayor" was drunk, and his lordship briefly acknowledged the compliment, and proposed "The Health of the late Lord Mayor," to which Alderman Lawrence responded. The LORD MAYOR next proposed the toast of "The House of Lords," associating with it the name of Earl Granville and Lord Brougham. Lord Chancellor," whose conduct in connection with the reforms of the law he highly eulogised. The LORD CHANCELLOR WBS warmly cheered on rising to respond to the toast. He said—My lords, ladies, and gentlemen, I am most deeply sensible of the honour which I have received at e our hands. There is no man—there is no body or order of men —that may not well be proud of receiving the ap probation and deserving the good opinion of the citizens of London. My Lord Mayor, you have ad• verted to my—l will not say career—my good for tune at the bar. A part of that good fortune, and one I shall always gratefully acknowledge, was in connexion with the City of London. I had the honour of being for many years the retained counsel cf this City. It was a mark of high and honourable confidence. I look back to it with great gratitude and pride. My Lord Mayor, the compliments you have been pleased to pay me I accept rather as an admonition of what ought to be done than as a great tribute of what has been done. The office which I have the honour to fill I enter only as it serves to give me an opportunity of aiding in a humble way the improvement of the law and the jurisprudence of the country. In that respect something has been done by those who have preceded me, but very much remains to be done. You will, I am sure, agree with me that in these happy times of peace there is no greater duty—l may venture to state there is nothing which is a more ennobling pursuit than that of improving our legal institutions. Upon the order, the efficiency, and the economy of the ads ministration of the law, the happiness of the hun dreds depends. Nothing excites more painful feelings than that a man who is disappointed, and who has suffered undue expense in seeking for jus tice, should turn round with heart-burning and with complaints justly founded, that the institutions of his country have not afforded him an efficient res dress for wrongs and injuries that he may have sustained. I look, my lord, upon the compliment just paid me as the greatest possible motive and stimulus to renewed exertions in the career to which you have referred ; and I thank you most sincerely for that tribute which I have thus received at your hands. The LORD MAYOR next gave "The Health of Lord Palmerston and her Majesty's Ministers." Lord PALMERSTON ovho was received with the most enthusiastic cheering, said—My Lord Mayor, ladies, and gentlemen, for myself and my colleagues I beg you to accept our most hearty thanks for the honour which has been done us in proposing our health, and for the kind manner in which that toast has been received. I can assure you that it is a great relief and a great pleasure to those who are engaged in the laborious conduct of the affairs of this country to be able to have occasion—whether in London or in the country—of meeting in convivial assemblies those who are also laboriously engaged in promoting the wellbeing, the welfare, and the prosperity of our common country. (Cheers.) But it adds to that satisfaction that we have the pleasure of finding that in these meetings we receive testimonies of that goodwill and confidence on the part of our fellow. countrymen which are the greatest encouragement to future labours, as they are the amplest rewards for labours which are passed. (Cheers.) And if there is any portion of the commercial community of this great and wonderful country whose appre ciation, founded upon their knowledge and jadg meet, must be most valuable to us, it is needless to say that the approval of this great city of London must be bsyond all others valuable to those who are engaged in the service of the State. (Cheers.) It has been the practice of those who, like myself, have to address the great assemblies invited within these walls upon occasions like the present, to have to tell something with respect to public affairs which may excite their interest, or perhaps be unknown to those who hear it. That, fortunately, is not my lot on the present occasion. (Cheers and laughter.) Nothing can be more dull, nothing can be less cal• culated to excite interest in the hearers than to tell them that Europe is peaceful, that we anticipate no event that shall disturb the general tranquillity of this part of the world, and that this country is in a state of progressive improvement and pros ' perity. (Cheers.) But such is the statement which I have this evening to make. There is, indeed, one unfortunate exception to that general prosperity —there is a certain renewal of darkness among a part of our manufacturing population. I think that that renewal arises from those vicissi tudes to which great commercial transactions are liable—that it arises from those fluctuations in values and those uncertainties of calculation to which commercial countries must from time to time be liable. There is not any indication of any feiiure in the resources, or in the future prosperity of the country. With regard to things abroad, I have no thing to say about Europe except that it is quiet, and we hope it will continue so. My noble friend who has addressed you in return for the toast of the navy has informed you of certain events of which the details will speedily be made known, by which' we hope that the commercial transactions of Europe with Japan will be placed upon a more safe and satisfactory footing than that upon which they have hitherto stood. We are all glad also to know that in that vast empire of China, containing, as has been said, one.third of the human race, our rela tions with the Government are greatly improved, and there is every prospect that the nations of Eu. rope will enlarge from year to year their valuable commercial intercourse with that great, productive, and populous empire. There is one dark spot in the picture which the affairs of the world present ; that dark spot lies on the other side of the Atlantic. We deplore, and every man of right mind mast grieve that that bloody and disastrous war which broke out three years ago among the kindred nations of the northern part of America still re ges, still lays waste the fertile plains of that continent, still be dews with the blood of the people those forests and those vast tracts which ought to be cultivated and be the source of wealth, pleasure, and happiness to mankind. (Hear, hear.) We may trust that human nature will not long continue to maintain that deadly and disastrous strife, and that the contend ing parties may, within some time that we trust will be short, find out that it is better to be recon ciled than to ight, and that these disputes which are bedewing the country with blood may be re counted and settled by some amicable arrangement between the parties. At the beginning, that strife was expected to be attended in this country with the most disastrous results to our manufactures. These fears have been found to be groundless, and at all events, out of evils some good may come; and I trust that in the future our sources of supply will be spread over a great portion of the globe, and that we shall no longer be dependent upon any one country for those materials which are so essene tial for the industry, the wealth, and the prosperity of a great part of the population of this country. (Cheers.) My Lord Mayor, I congratulate you that you have on the present occasion among the vast number of distinguished guests that you have in vited, two men eminent in their respective countries for their great intellectual attainments, and for the services which they have rendered to mankind. (Cheers.) One is our fellowecoantryman ; the other is a native of that great nation which lies but a short distance from our shores. It is needless that I should say that the first to whom I allude is a man well know to this city, as to all the country, I mean Lord Brougham—(cheers)—a man who has distinguished himself in every career of intellectual display, whether as the advocate, most eloquent and successful—whether as the Parliamentary orator, with eloquence and power never exceeded—whether as having distinguished himself in literature, whether as having troden successfully all the various paths of science, and whether, not content with his own attain men t s , but anxious to spread the blessings of learni ng and instruction throughout the laud, is the pro moter of the S oc i ety f or t h e Diff us i on o f Useful K nowledge, and the education of all classes of the count ry. But you have also a d i st i ngu i s h e d foreigner —.yo u have M. Berrycr—(cheers)—a man who has attained great eminence—the greatest emi nencethroughouisalwl tnheennualltitornYe—owf h; o hoso ETon n e a , m u e n unrivalled a h l l n e o d w i n n eloquence at the bar, and esteemed for that dignity of character, that elevati on of of sentiment which are essential in wh a en ali c a ou n p o le b d le w ne it s h s eloquence and talent to the production of the legal or any other great character. (Cheers, ; ) I am glad of thA - Tdoing homage you have had the opportunity Earl GRANVILLE briefly replied to the compli ment, stating that in the absence of anything new to say on the subject of the toast condensation and brevity would be most welcome qualities to the com pany. It would, he-said, be merest commonplace to dwell upon the advantages of the British Constitue tion ; but he remarked that in all countries where representative Governments existed a second cham ber of some sort was considered necessary, and he could not forget that an illustrious stranger then present (M. Berryer), many years pince, in company with a most distinguished body of men, differing in opinion from himself, most eloquently defended his opinion as to the necessity and value of an heredi tary peerage in France. He (Earl Granville) could not help thinking that if at that time M. Berryer was influenced in any way by the successful exe ample shown by this country, he must now feel confirmed in that opinion by the working of our institutions. (Cheers.) Lord BROUGHAM, who was heartily cheered on rising, said—My lord, I have had the honour for nearly half a century of holding the freedom of this great City, and I therefore rejoice to meet my fellow-citizens on the present cceasion, and I have great satisfaction in feeling that I am so connected with you ; the satisfaction is still greater when I reflect upon the cause of that honour having been conferred upon me. It was, my lord, my having, in the discharge of my professional duty, resisted all the force of a powerful—l will not say corrupt —but powerful and unscrupulous Court, and of having by that resistance defeated their project of ruining a highly-connected individual. (Cheers.) But I must say, and it gives me great satisfaction to say it in the presence of my distinguished friend who represents the Bar of France, that I owe that honour to the kindness of the City rather than to any merit of mine, for every one of the members of my profession, from the highest to the humblest, would certainly have performed their duty with equal courage and with equal fearlessness. (Cheers.) We have heard much of the merits of the present Parliament, and I believe the commendation has been just; but forgive me for saying that the best of Houses of Commons, as well as the best of men, have their appointed times of duration. Before another year elapses, before another Lord Mayor's. day assembles us in this place, before another year is added to the auspicious life of his Royal High ness whose birth we celebrated to-day—my belief is that the House of Commons will have come to its end, and that you, my fellow-citizens, will have to exercise that act of the franchise which belongs to you, and which you all so well exercise. It behoves you to see that on the next occasion you shall have a House of Commons which will worthily represent yon, and that you of this great City may be good i examples to the other constituencies and the rest of the country ; that you will avoid all violence, and that you will choose those who Will show an example to the country, not merely as delegates to represent the cause of this or that particular com munity, but as men chosen by the deliberate ect and counsel for the good of the whole country, to watch over the rights, the industries, and privileges of the country, end endeavour to secure peace at home and abroad. (Hear, hear.) The next toast given was the " House of Commons." The CHANCELL',R of the EXCHEQUER, in acknowledging the toast, said—My Lord Mayor, ladies, and gentlemen,— You have imposed upon me the honourable duty of return ing thanks for the House of Commons, and I am well aware that it is nut necessary, and would n)t be becoming, were I upon such an occasion, in expressing the gratitude and satisfaction which all members of the House of Commons must feel st receiving this mark of your confidence, to at tempt to draw a distinction between that and the other great bodies of tho State, or to put forward on behalf of the House of Commons any claim to your special favour. It is, then, in the nature of old and well consolidated institutions that they cease to be jealous one of another, and that the praise which is given to the one redounds to the credit of the whole. Further, my lord, I recollect that we are speaking in the presence of most distinguished foreigners. Now I think we in iy fairly admit that it is perhaps too much our practice to plume ourselves upon the symmetry of things English over the things which are not English. I believe that a larger and wiser temper is more and m- re prevail. ing, under the influence of which we have become, and are becoming, more and more aware that we have much to learn and much to gain by the knowledge of the other great civilised nations of the earth, and the conviction that every country has its own proper formation. As in the re. gion of trade and material production, so in the region of public institutions and laws each has much to communicate as well as much to receive ; and I trust I do not say too much, and am not misled by a notion of self-love and vain-glory, when I express the opinion that it has been given to England to do something in the matter of representative institutions, not only for ourselves, but for the civilised and Christian world. When, my lord, you speak of the House of Commons I must not forget you speak with special reference to the present House of Commons ; and my noble and learned friend, Lord Brougham, has made a most touching allusion to the approach of that day when that incomparable assembly I speak of the particular assembly, but the emotion almost overpowers me—(applause)—will cease to exist. I doubt if it was kind on the part of my noble and learned friend, at a moment of convivial harmony and exultation, to bring to the minds of the members of the House of Commons the idea of that inevitable term of dissolution, and even after the genial effects of your hospitality, to disturb the interior of our hearts by ideas connected with the insecurity of all human things, and among other human things of a seat in the House of Commons. (A. laugh, and expressions of dis sent from Lord Brougham.) My noble and learned friend, I see, feels aggrieved that I have made such a charge against him, and he is, I see, endeavouring to defend him self. The country, my lord, has been grievously disturbed by rumours on the subject. No doubt it is a mere truism to say that the House of Commons is travelling towards that bourne from which no traveller ever returns, but at the same time much has been said on the subject of immediate dissolution, and many have asked who was the author of these rumours of immediate dissolution, and I entertain a very serious suspicion, after hearing the speech of my noble and learned friend, that he is the man—(great laughter)-- who has been sowing mistrust and misgiving from one end of the country to the other, and disquieting the minds of all those who have hopes about gaining seats, or fears about losing them. (Laughter.) lam anxious to do what I can in my humble way towards mitigating this great evil, All I can say in regard to the dissolution of Parliament—fully admitting the great law of Parliamentary mortality—that if my noble friend at the head of the Government cherishes in the deep recesses of his mind any sinister designs against the life of the present House of Commons, he has kept those designs, and greatly do I complain of it, perfectly secret. (Laughter.) My Lord Mayor, in this magnificent hall—this great historic hall—in this hall which, through the wise munificence of the city of London, now at length appears before us in all its pristine magnificence, and re turning thanks for the House of Commons, I feel it due to that city to state that there is no portion of the British com munity which, either as regards it own representatives, or as regards the supply of enlightened men to other constitu encies, does more for the House of Commons than the mer cantile community of the great city of London, You, my lord, have been pleased to award your commendation to the fiouse of Commons for its care of those interests in which the city of London is so d_eply involved. I venture to thank you on the part of the House of Commons for that commendation. There are those who say the House of Commons has been a sleepy and sluegieh assembly. About the month of August, when in the last degree of exhaus tion, when we are looking to the breezes and fresh air of the recess, we are confronted by being told that during all the session Parliament has done nothing. We find that doing nothing a most fatiguing operation. Bat I venture to say on the part of the House of Commons in the first place, that it has never, under whatever constitutien of the House of Commons—better or worse—it has never ceased to have a fundamental sympathy with the feelings and character of the country ; and that, although it may have had its short comings like everything else, ppon the whole it forms a rHE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 10, 1864. worthy, known, and indispensable part of the institutions of England. And I venture also to predict, that whatever be its future state, whether it answers to the wishes of the most ardent spirits, or whether, on the contrary, it seems for the moment too much of lethargy, yet I will venture to say that it will respond to every sentiment which thrills throughout the British mind, and will be, under all the circumstances, a faithful representative of the feelings and the guardian of the interests of the people of England, — (Cheers.) Ardgay, near Bonar-bridge, to Lairg, Bogart, Thrnoch, Golepie, and Brora ; to authorise the Inverness and Aber deen Junction and the Inverness and Perth Junction Rail way Companies to contribute towards the capital of the company ; and to make arrangements with those companies for the working and interchange of traffic. Lord BROUGHAM—I distinctly deny having had the slightest thing to do in diffusing the rumour referred to by my right hon. friend, My observations referred to next year. I gave the present Parliament twelve months to continue. The next toast was " The Judges," which was responded to by Vice-Chancellor Sir Page Wood. " The health of M. Berryer and foreign visitors present" was proposed. M. BERRYER responded in French, and said that he deeply felt the signal favour with which he had been re ceived in that great assembly. In reply to the kind and flattering words in which Lord Palmerston had spoken of him, he could not better express his thanks than by declar ing, which he did with all sincerity, in what admiration he held such a celebration as this important civic custom. Happy the nation which could thus preserve its old tradi tions I (Cheers.) There was no spectacle which could be more pleasing than that which they might contemplate in this country, and which filled his eyes with tears of regret —a well-loved Queen ; the Royal authority faithfully re sptcted, and itself respecting the liberties of the nation; a great hereditary House of Lords, the worthy heritors of the country's glory, and men eminent for great services and high intellect, near the throne ; a House of Commons whose members, freely elected, truly represent the interest and wishes of a people, loyally and intelligently consulted ; and then this great municipal institution, of which the Lord Mayor was the worthy chief, and which to majestic autho • rity joins perfect independence in upholding the ancient rights and fixed privileges of this great city. But he was oppressed with painful impressions. He could not forget that he was not in his own country, and he would be silent. I salute you, my Lord Mayor, said M. Berryer, in conclu sion, and I thank you. (Loud cheers.) The remaining toasts were—" The Sheriffs of London and Middlesex," " The Lady Mayoress," " The Attorney- General and the Bar of England," "Sir James Duke and the Members for the City and the Aldermen of London." The banquet was as usual supplied by Messrs. Staples, of the Albion ; Mr Harker officiated as toastmaster, and the vocalists :were Madame Louisa Vining, Miss Messent, Miss Palmer, Miss Eyles, Miss Annie Cox, Mr Young, Mr Wilbye Cooper, and Mr Chaplin Henry. STATE OF TRADE, DUNDEE, Nov. B.—There was a decidedly improved 1 feeling in the market to-day in every department, and the tendency in prices, if not upward, was at least to steadiness. The inquiry for fl:ix, tow, and cedilla was more active than it has been for some time, and a considerable number of transactions are reported at pretty firm prices. Jute is also in more demand, and a number of sales have been made since last report. Prices are decidedly firm, but very little positive advance can be quoted. On the whole a good busi ness has been done in flux and tow yarns at prices not ob • tainable lost week. Jute yarns have not participated much in the improvement, but there is more inquiry for themthan there was lately, and at previous prices. The accounts by the Brazilian mail are not so unfavourable as was antici pated, and it was expected that the demand for our manu factures would soon improve. There was more inquiry to day for goods adapted for the American market, and some sales effected. In other fabrics there was more doing than for weeks past, and prices are now steady again. A reduc tion in the Bank rate will tend still further to improve the tone of this market, and this is looked for this week. LEICESTER., 9th—There is less activity in the hosiery trade, but business is fully as active as it usually is at this time of the year, and manufacturers have been well en gaged completing orders. In the country districts trade is more quiet. Yarns are not materially altered in value, spinners confining their production to present requirements. The wool market is without much change, recent prices being quoted. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, Bth—Coal freights today are quoted—London, 7s 9d, and Portsmouth and Southampton, 9s 6d per ton--Hamburg, £l2—Rotterdam, £lO lOs per keel. The arrivals have not been very numerous during the week, and tonnage is wanted. The latest advices from Constantinople note a further decline infreighte from Sulina and Kostenciji. The continued arrivals of veseels for Black Sea ports had a tendency to depress freights, and some of the ships, rather than take the rates offered at Constanti nople, had gone a-seeking. The Esperto fibre trade at the Tyne dock is in a soand and healthy condition. The demand for the papermakers is very good, .and there has been a slight advance in prices. Stocks are being reduced at these docks. A considerable number of new screw colliers are building in the Tyne iron shipbuilding yards, and within a few months it is anticipated that eight or nine o f these new vessels will be put into the coal trade. Seamen are plentiful in our river at present, and a considerable number attend the shipping cffices daily, so that there is no difficulty in making up crews for the vess sels in harbour, NOTTINGHAM, 9:h.—Very little business has been trans acted in the lace market during the past few days. Plain goods meet with no demand, and the fancy trade is charac terised by great du'ness. There is no improvement in any branch of the silk trade. Mack laces, narrow edgings, mechlins, and quillings are alike a very slow sale, with no immediate prospect of an improvement, all speculators being checked by the present state of the money market. There is not much doing in hosiery, both the shipping and the home trade being quiet. Yarns aro a slow sale at late prices. Railway and Other Companies, FINN VALLEY. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held last week at Stranolar ; Lord Lifford in the chair. The Secretary read the report, which stated that since the opening of the line the directors had no c: use for regret as to matters over which they had control, but much to regret as to circumstances over which they had no control. The balance of £12,833 against capital on the 30th of June last had since been reduced to the extent of £5,000 by the sale of shares. The state of the money market was the great and only drawback to the concern —more shares not having been sold, and those last sold having been disposed of at a greatly reduced price compelled the directors to apply the revenue to the payment of bills which ought to have been paid out of capital, and consequently to absorb that which ought to have given the shareholders a dividend at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum on the paid up capital at the close of the half year. In order in future to avoid the necessity of so applying the revenue the directors proposed to seek Parlia mentary sanction to convert 1,200 shares now at the dispo: al of the board into preference shares ; and in doing so they thought it might be as well to obtain also power to create some additional preference shares to be used for the purchase of rolling stock in the event of the Irish North-Western Company not renewing their working agreement at the end of the ten years. The maintenance of the permanent way and works had been in charge of the Irish North-Western Company s i nce September in term s o f th e working agree ment. almost the whole of the £ 1 , 349 of traffic receipts in the hand I n hands fthaedldriitsihon to the £376 lent by revenue to cap ital North-Weste rn was due to them for car riage of materials for the construction of the railway and for works executed at the Strabane Junction, The capital ac count showed that £57,700 had been received, and £70, 534 expended, leaving a balance against the company of £12,834. The revenue account for the half year ending the 30th June showed that £l,Bll had been received and £702 expended, leaving a balance of £1,109. To which was added £353 from the preceding half year, making £1,462. From this was de ducted £5OO for interest oh loan, leaving a balance of £962. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said that every pound of revenue invested in payments on capital account increased the value of the property by lessen ing the amount of debt, f or th e pa y men t of which it would be necessary hereafter t o se ll s h ares . Were it not for the necessity of thus applyi ng the net revenue rece i p ts, the direc tors could have rec ommen d e d a dividend of 3 per cent. per annum on the p a id- up cap it a l, after paying all working expenses, and providing for the interest on the £20,000 borrowed from the loan commissioners, They proposed to create those new shares, not by a Parliamentary bill, but by means of the Board of Trade under an act passed last session. Lord F. CONYNGHAM seconded the motion for the adop tion of the report, and it was agreed to unanimously. Sir S. HAYES proposed a resolution approNing the pro ceedings taken by the directors to obtain Parliamentary sanction, through the Board of Trade, to create 2,000 pre ference share of £lO each, under the Railway Companies Powers Act, 1864. Mr R. RUSSELL seconded the motion, and it was carried unanimously. The sum of £lO was voted to the auditors, and the pro ceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. NORTH-EASTERN. It appears that the proposed invasion of this company's district by a new trunk line of railway has induced the pro jection of new lines in Ryedale by the above company, and since the issue of the November timebills the company has placed two additional trains each way on the ➢Talton and Thirsk line, so as to give all the accommodation possible to the Helmsley and Kirby district, and to show their willing ness to complete that accommodation to the Parliamentary committee. The service of trains on the Mallon lino is alleged to be now as full as if the projected now lines were made and in operation. U.. • ............ ORIENT,:th GAS. It appears that the gas works of this company have sus tained no serious injury from the effects of the late hurri cane ; that the supply of gas to the city of Calcutta was only interrupted for two nights, and that the gasholders, though in great jeopardy, escaped. SUTIII4,r,L AND. It is intended to make application to Parliament in the enbuing session tor power to construct a railway from the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Extension Railway at DINGWALL AND SKYE. The promoters of this company have given notice of ap plication to Parliament in the ensuing Session for power to make a railway from the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway, near the Dingwall station, to Kyle, near the sea ; to construct a pier and other works, and also to erect an hotel at the latter place ; to purchase or lease the ferry be tween Kyle and Kyleakin, in the island of Skye, and to enable the Inverness and Aberdeen, the Caledonian, the Scottish Central, and other railway companies to subscribe towards the capital of the company. BOMBAY, BARODA, AND CENTRAL INDIA. This company are inviting applications for 5 per cent. debenture bonds, to the extent of £400,000, under the gua• rantee of the Secretary of State for India. These bonds will become repayable in Jan., 1870 ; but the holders will have an option of renewal on tha same terms for a further period of five years on giving six months' previous notice; and also an option of converting them into the stock or shares of the company at any time except during the last six months of each period of five years. The Supposed Murder at Boulogne-Sur-Mer, OUTREA.IJ, PRES BOULOONE•SUR'MER, Nov. 8. As you may naturally conclude, public excitement grows stronger every hour in Boulogne. As though two children were not sufficient to glut the murderer's appetite, there is now very little doubt that a third may be added to the num ber of victims. It appears that very shortly after the police became aware yesterday (Monday) that Leduc was connected with the dead children, and had arrived here by the Folke stone packet, they called on Mr Barnard, the agent of the South-Eastern Company, to make inquiries as to the de scription of passengers who had arrived on Sunday and de parted yesterday, the packet for Folkestone having just sailed when the police arrived. Mr Barnard rendered every assistance in hie power, and a porter in his employ was called in, who recollected Leduc and two children landing, as he had carried the eldest in his arms into the waiting room of the Chambre de Commerce, and he afterwards identified the child in the deadhouse at the hospital. Mr Barnard tele graphed to Captain Boxer, R.N., at Folkestone, to make further inquiries there, and to take notice of the passengers as they landed. In a few minutes after the despatch was sent a reply was returned to the following effect : _ " Nov. 7, 1864. " Boxer to Barnard. "Our booking clerk recollects a Frenchman taking tickets for himself and two children, boy and girl, about the age you name; he had also with him another child, about two years, for which a ticket was not require I." _ _ _ This child was not seen on the arrival of the boat at Bon logne. It is naturally asked, " Where is it ?" I told you last night that Leduc left the Chambro de Commerce about 7 p.m. on Sunday. It was quite dark at that time; all the persons who had been occupying the room had left to attend on the boat just arrived from London, and Leduc was consequently enabled to leave with the children and baggage unquestioned, and might pass along the port among the people just arrived, unobserved. Had he gone towards the railway iname4iately on his arrival he could not fail to have been recognised, and some acquaintance might have told his wife that he had been seen with two children. Leduc is a native of Mont Cavarel, near Montreuil, and has for many years pursuA the occupation of a waiter. D uring the last season he was employed in that capacity at the Etablisse ment des Baines hero. It is well known that he has a mis tress in London, and the children are generally supposed to be the offspring of that illicit connexion. Madame Leduc has been examined by the Procureur Imperial, and has, I believe, stated that her husband came to her on Sunday night, and, after staying a few minutes, went out and again returned very much out of temper. He was very violent is his behaviour towards her, and threatened to shoot her if she did not supply him with some money, She at length gave him sf, ; he stayed all night at her house, and let t, about noon on Monday, accompanied by his daughter, to go to the railway. Ho must have crossed the Pont du Barrage, where the younger of the two chil dren was found. The search for Leduc is considered as circumscribed, as the sf. would only enable him to go by railway as far as Montreuil Verton, close to his native place. Many rumours have been afloat as to his having been apprehended, and a large crowd assembled to receive ' him at 220 p.m. to-day, when he was expected to arrive. The feeling among the snatelottes, who have been in hun- dreds to see the children, is very violent. One woman stated that although she had four children of her own, and had to work hard to support them, she would willingly have worked harder still to support the poor murdered boys if their father (as he is supposed to be) would have given them to her. I feel assured, if it. is known where Leduc will leave the train, that he will be in great danger of his life. 6 p.m.—Leduc is not yet arrested. I hear from M. Brayer, the Commissaire Central of Police, that a telegram hasbeen received from Folkestone which throws some doubt as to whether there was a third child with Leduc. The captain's boy, Hall. says he saw Leduc come on board and enter the fore cabin, and he states that he had only two children with him. It is to be hoped this is true. I learn that Leduc went to his house in the Rue do Bras d'Or about 8 30 p.m., and that he brought his baggage with hire, so that the murders must have been committed between 7 p.m. and that hour. When he arrived at his house his trousers were wet up to the knees, and he wanted to change them. A neighbour who was present asked him how he got wet, and he said that he fell into the port as ho was coming ashore, and for . tunately caught hold of a rope and saved himself. This is not true, no accident of the kind having happ ne 4 . He left his house very shortly after, and returned about 10 30 p.m. when ho threatened his wife, as before stated, and got money from her. This morning M. 'Yemeni% the photographer in rue nue Napoleon, took three or four likenesses of the chil dren from different positions; he has been very successful in producing them, and they will materially aid in the iden tification of ‘he bodies. A very large body of police are en gaged in searching for Leduc around Montreuil, in the neighbourhood of which place he is believed to be concealed. 7 p.m,—A telegram has just been received that Leduc was arrested at Mount Cavarel at 3 30 p.m, to-day, and will arrive here at midnight. HEALTH OF LONDON. (From the Registrar- General's Report.) The deaths in London showed an increase in the last week of October, when they rose to 1,409 ; they exhibit a further increase for the week that ended last Saturday, the number now returned being 1,454. The average number of deaths in the 44th week of ten years, 1834-63, is, with a correction for increase of popula tion, 1,239; and there is, therefore, an excess of 215 deaths in the present return over the estimated number. The most prevalent of the zymotic class of diseases is scarlatina, the deaths from which rose to 110. Next to it in respect to mortality is typhus (including typhoid, gastric, fever, &c.), to which 100 deaths were referred. Fifty-seven children died of measles, no less than 10 oT whom were in the Poplar district. Of the 110 cases of scarlatina, 4 occurred in the Belgrave sub-district, 4 in that of St John, 'Westminster, 4 in the Regent's Park sub-district, 4 in Islington East, 6 in Hag' ger,ton West, 5 in the sub-district of St Saviour, South wark, 9 in the two Lambeth Church sub-district, 4 in Plum stead. In the last mentioned sub-district there were also 6 deaths from typhus. In the Greenwich subdistrict, which comprises Deptford, Greenwich, and Woolwich, there were 6 deaths from scarlatina and 8 from typhus. The total number of deaths from diseases of the respira tory organs in the week was 293,being exclusive of phthisis. The corrected average for the week is 224. This order of complaints appears to be unusually prevalent for the begin ning of November. Phthisis (or consumption) was fatal in 164 cases. A widow died aged 91 years ; another woman at the age (as reported) of 103 years. The centenarian died on the let inst. in the Bethnal-green workhouse. A man aged 69 years died in the London Fever Hospital of mercurielism from Brown's gout pills. Last week the births of 1,019 boys and 998 girls, in all 2,017 children, were registered in London. In the ten cor responding weeks of the years 1854-63 the average number (corrected) was 1,901. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 30.076 in. The mean dail3 reading was above 30in. on five days of the week. The reading was 29.65 in on Sunday ; it rose to 30 32in on Fri day. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 42.4 deg, which is 3.8 deg below the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr Glashier). The mean daily temperature was below the average throughout the week, and on. Friday the extent of its depression was almost 9 deg, The lowest night temperature occurred on Friday, and was 30.1 deg. The Wgliest day temperature occurred on the following day, and was 53 deg. The entire range of temperature in the week was, therefore, 22 . 9 deg. The dif ference between the mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was 4 9 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the sir was 83, complete saturation being represented by 100. The wind blew from the north-north-oast and east till Friday afternoon, when it was in the south-west. No rain fell, except the hundredth part of an inch on Sunday. There were fogs on the last three days. Friday was a very cold day, and the temperature at noon was less than 38 dog. During the week ending the sth of November 113 births (those of 59 boys and 54 girls) and 99 deaths (those of 51 males and 18 females) were registered within the municipal boundaries of Dat.in, Its population in 1861 was 251,808, and extended over 3,808 statute acres. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointment and Pills•— Lumbago, derangements of the kidaeys, rheumatism, tic• doloreux, all excruciating pains of the muscles and nerves, me relieved with astonishing rapidity by the use of this ex traordinary ointment. The affected parts, previously fomented with warm water, have only to be briskly rubbed with this soothing unguent to obtain instant ease. Whilst the ointment cures the local ailment, the pills remove the constitutional disturbance, and regulate every impaired function of every organ throughout the human body. The cure is neither temporary nor superficial, but permanent and complete, and the diseases rarely recur, so. perfect has been the purification performed by these searching yet harmless preparations. SPIRIT OF T TIMES.—In the depth of the Parliamentary recess, at a point of the year almost equidistant from the end of one session and the beginning of the next, the annual banquet of the Lord Mayor calls upon our statesmen for some popular observations on the state of this country and its neighbours, the progress or retrogression which the events of the time indicate, and the hopes or fears which should affect us on looking round on this rapidly changing world. We have so many and such important domestic concerns, we are bound by such ties of sympathy or common interest to the nations about us, that the lapse of three months since last a Ministerial speech was made inspires a natural desire to hear the ever vary. ing phases of human affairs commented on by those who direct or express the national policy. Last even ing Lord Palmerston was able to congratulate his hearers once again oo the general prosperity of the country, and on that happy dulness of our annals which contrasts with the alarms and convulsions of foreign lands. The closing weeks of the year 1864 find England prosperous and contented, but not without anxiety at the possible consequence of events that are taking place elsewhere. It is as it' we looked out :on the ocean and saw all calm immediately around us, but far in the distance the signs of furi ous winds and a stormy sea. Here, at home, there is positively no incident. The deep current of industry and material advance sweeps on almost without a ripple. In spite of temporary financial difficulties, themselves the result of overeconfident prosperity, the commercial progress of the country continues, and wealth increases at a rate which passes all the anticipations of politicians or Parliaments. It is need less to dwell upon the increase of trade, the general well-being which is diffused among the people, and the soundness of that commercial fabric which was not shaken even by such a blow as the failure of American cotton. Good people may almost think it a tempting of Providence thus to reiterate our own greatness and prosperity, but this material wellbeing is the most couspicuons fact in our present history, and its existence explains most of the political phe• nemena which have surprised observers during the last few years. No one who knows what the Eng lish middle and working classes were in former days, and what they are now, can fail to admit that the cause which has produced the present political quiet—we might say political apathy—must be the most important influence in our recent history. The little interest which is felt in party and class strug gles at home, contrasted with the keen attention that is given to what is passing in foreign countries, must be reflected in the speeches of every observant politician, and if he searches for the cause of it he will find it in the fact that, for the first time perhaps in our constitutional history, the general wellbeing of the people has suppressed for a while political dis content, and weakened even the traditions of party conflict, Thus it is almost necessary for a speaker to dwell on the prosperity of the country, in order to give a reason for there being so little of home poli tics to talk about. But the Premier did not fail to remind his audience that even in our more fortunate land there are not wanting causes of uneasiness. For three years all classes in this country have been filled with compassion for the sufferings of the people dependent on the cotton manufacture of Lancashire. The heaviest blow that could fall on our industry had fallen—a blow under which both friends and enemies thought the national prosperity must sink, at least for a while. The tide of public benevolence flowed strong and steady for the relief of the suf ferers, and up to this time the calamity has been met with wonderful vigour and resource. But Lord Pal merston reminds us that allis not over yet. There is in the renewal of Lancashire distress a warning that the misery which the American contest has worked is not at an end for us. The present winter will be a gloomy one in the cotton manufacturing districts. There are now great numbers out of work, and there does not seem a prospect of improvement during the coming months. But in tnis matter the nation will not fail to do its duty. It has come so happily out of the great trial, it has rejoiced so much in being liberated from dependence on the American grower and his Government, that it will do heartily all that is necessary to carry the suffering portion of the people through their hour of misfortune. This, the only dark spot in the national prospect, only makes the brightness of the rest the more con spicuous. Turning to the contemplation of foreign countries, there is a far more varied spectacle. The British dependencies, indeed, share the tranquillity and progress of the mother country. The North American provinces, under the guidance of politi cians of sense and moderation, and with the full assent of the Home Government, are engaged in forming a Confederation which will, we may trust, give theca territorial security, increased prosperity, and a wider field for the employment of individual talent. But on the other side of the frontier war, which becomes every month more savage and re. Tentless, still prevails. Already the election which gives the Federal Union its chief for the next four years is decided, and there can be little doubt that Mr. Lincoln will remain in office to carry on his war of extermination against the Southern people. These, on the other hand, are preparing for a new and more deadly struggle by arming their negroce, end meeting African with African in a quarrel which the existence of the unfortunate race has pro voked. To the Brit'sh people it matters little whether Lincoln or M'Clellan be the chief magis trate of the Northern States, but, looking upon their own domestic tranquillity and the mutual goodwill which marks the relations between the mother country and the colonies, they cannot but lame n t the psssinnc which have brought ouch calamities on a kindred people, and they will heartily join Lord Palmerston in hoping that the two communities may shortly bring to an end this horrible strife, which threatens the devastation of some of the finest regions of the globe, and the brutalising of a Christian people by a war which ever increases, and must ever increase, in barbarism. The Premier, in consideration of the festive charac ter of the meeting, abstained from alluding to the two great European questions which have most oc cupied public attention during the past year. Though he did not forget China and Japan, and took the opportunity of uttering a well-deserved eulogy on the two venerable lawyers who were prep. sent, Lord Palmerston abstained from referring to the dismemberment of Denmark or the Convention between France and Italy, but these important matters will be the more conspicuous to the mind of the public by their absence from the Premier's speech. The Danish war has been judged by Europe, and the verdict is not likely to be reversed. Men of every nation and of every party, Conservatives and Liberals of England, Conservatives and Liberals of France, have all denounced the spoliation which has been accomplished in the name of liberty and national rights, The other subject which has most occupied the public mind of late is the convention with respect to Rome. While events in the North of Europe show that the reign of force is not over, there are signs of a more cheering kind for the newly risen kingdom of Italy. The Convention of Sept, 15 promises to bring to a settlement one of the two great difficulties which perplex Italian statesmen. The French Emperor, halting between his desire to please a portion of his own people and his desire to do justice to an ally and satisfy his own term of right, has fixed a term of two years as the period beyond which his occupation of Rome will not be extended. It is needless to say more on this subject than that every reflecting man has seen it, and a British Minister might also fairly see in it, a most hopeful prospect for Italy. In two years, we may trust, there will be only one question left for Victor Em manuel's Government—how to persuade Austria to relinquish a province which only weakens that em pire, and which, if transferred to the country 04 which it forms an essential part, would tend to place the peace of the South of Europe on a more secure basis. It would have been, no doubt, gra tifying to some of the Lord Mayor's guests to hear a few words on those important subjects at a time when foreign politics form the staple of our public discussions. But we must be content to have these matters more and more withdrawn from the sphere of Mansion-house oratory, as the policy of the Government becomes more and more influenced by the doctrines of non-interference. A Minister will rather narrow his speech to the commonplaces of our national life than give it interest and piquancy by remarks which may be troublesome hereafter. POST.—Time must hang very heavily on an army so numerous as that encamped on the south side of the James River, and which, without being engaged in any special siege operatiohs, is lazily waiting till some unforeseen incident may occur which will afford it an opportunity of taking possession of an enemy's city. It is not surprising therefore that its General should occasionally diversify the dull monotony of a camp life by employing his army in endeavouring to discover some weak point in the lines of entrenchments which interpose between him and the object of his desires. Operations of this kind are called in military parlance reconnais sances, and if the troops engaged in them are nu merous they are called reconnaissances in force. One might have supposed that, after having passed nearly four months in the posision which be now occupies, General Grant would by this time have made himself perfectly acquainted with the nature of the defensive works which bar the advance of his army, and that on this point at least no fur ther information was to be obtained. It is certainly not for want of trying that the Federal General has failed to traverse the short space which intervenes between him and the Confederate capital. He has esplored the approaches on both sides of the river, and only a few weeks since paid with a loss of up wards of 4,000 men for the barren satisfaction of disc vering that the Confederate lines were at every point impenetrable. We are now informed that he JOURNAL S, has again made a reconnaissance, * on this On employing the greater portion of his ern* a the result continues the same. He has foe% foes prepared to receive him, and, after %ellata6iot to have been literally nothing more than a .., inspection of the Confederate position , his AT l er been marched back to its previous p lace of ese.i ment. With the right wing of the Fed l ; ; the famous, or, perhaps more correctly sPrat infamous, General Butler cautiously savant 51 ''without finding any point unguarded; ,°.OO the left Generals Hancock and Warren, N", 11,11 gaged in a similar operation, were at tack ee i t t Confederates, and compelled to withdraW °ell previous position. As it is only stated 1a,,,g,„ 0 terms that there were casualties on both COo may conclude that the carnage was not a° able; but the net result of the manceay . o be gathered from the laconic telegrair:ti neral Grant has resumed his old P°-0) It was, of course, quite possible that `ll Grant might, ere the winter sets in , enter mond at the head of a victorious army ; 13° 1' 0 1 1 ing from probabilities, we should say that li' be of the campaign ceased to be uncertain I I p transported his army to the south bank of tee ~ River. The Federal General undertook to Pi pi.issage to Richmond by the sheer w eight ° I immense army, and when it was found thal rous though that army was, it was stil l les°,4 to effect this object, the fallacy of Grant's 0 sions became apparent. Within 24 hours efts be ing the Rapidan, in the beginning of MaYo : f deral Coteimander-in-Chief made his fir ° " Ae i against the Southern battalions in the Eel and failed. Day after day, for nearly a Ic e- 0 , repeated the experiment in the thickly ' l l brakes of Spottsylvania, but with no other 0 than that of weakening the army on whose ill, strength he mainly relied to effect his objee; the South Anna, and lastly on the Chicksh°o he again hurled this human battering -real ; the compact lines of his foes, but without .0 the most insignificant breach. At this t iff army was said to have lost nearly half lr°,,, t complement of troops, and then it was t°„ the least observant could not avoid forese,°'t ultimate failure of the campaign. The 11°, General was himself reluctantly compelled t°, the inutility of pursuing a system of tactic ° promised to end in the annihilation of hiBi and saw himself forced to commence what °3 t regarded as a second campaign from a new 1 operations, with an army considerably WI and not a little demoralised by the fe,lr'l3 i which it had sustained. Crossing the Jame°, he laid siege to Petersburg. But as Ricno ) ; always been regarded es even more le 6el from the south than fiom the north, it we , sonable to expect that the residue of an e m it had in vain attempted to cross the Chick e t would be enabled to force the still st rong o which interposed 'between Petersburg ° 0 Confederate capital. Of this Grant has liiii rably conscious himself, and it seems to 100, owing rather to a sentiment of re luet h% acknowledge himself toiled than to a n y at' l that we must attribute his protracted stsic o neighbourhood of Richmond. As for the fe l rates, they knew that their capital was 13° ,04 attacked through Petersburg by the ~,1 of the army they had so signally defeated fort sylvania ; and, to mark their contempt 101 l aggressors, they invaded Pennsylvania, 001 forcements to their army in Georgia, and 11 tainee even until now a strong force in the f o doah Valley. Opening his eyes to t he folly °bill down before a teem in Central Virginia , 11 .01 ing columns of Confederates were doing.il l °, 4 % pleased on the Federalfrontier, and probe of into activity by the remonstrances of t/I° 0 ment at Washington, Grant has fro m t 1 Sao attempted to carry Petersburg by assault, 0130 the network of defences with which diettill raees have encircled their principal city. I have, however, universally ended in faillire'd Meat, of which intelligence has now reacb.e4 in no respect differed from those by vw bliarl been preceded. Although the result of the vex ing election can scarcely be doubtful, th e „ c e tic party continue to struggle manfully r°` elei success of their nominee. Those in poW e t , dently determined to leave nothing to ebileed every expedient is employed to o bt a in thc te P majority for Mr Lincoln. The offi ces of t s od' cratic electioneering agents in Washing rc !og timore have been closed by the military ;14' on the ground of forging votes puriTrbeeri given by Federal soldiers ; and Gen. P'., iti el s i t the polls under the protection of the r°ll"free' the praiseworthy intention of preservivg yo 0 election. The State authorities of N es° ,,,,,el 0,1 Kentucky have protested against this P iz - et 01 . i securing for American citizens their s r i;Wi li n i ohise, but it is not probable the pr° te- Gone degree degree influence the conduct of the ta tiei" Mr Lincoln will, as he told the dept l— . bit Tennessee, act in his own way , and lElO'4O tical opponents to act in theirs. If the 4 00; cannot employ such effective means as til e d ment will, so much the worse for the 0 40 Its bitterest enemies cannot, at all eve °. the present Administration of duplicity. COUNTRY MARKETS. HULL--TUESDAY. Since our last a rather steady business 11 in the corn trade. The supply of English proved, and prices continue without any tea! Chnion nld fnreie rr n wheat in re ...,, s-23.0'; ferior qualities a dull sale. Fine high m ixed ' At our market to-day there was a modes English wheat, which met a ready sale st y e of last week. Fine foreign wheat w as in currencies ; other descriptions were firm at I t ' .Oats, barley, beans, and peas in limited 60 change in price. LYNN—TUESDAY. At our corn market to-day the supply c middling, and sold at about iormer rates. White wheat 41s to 42s / Barley ..... " RA .. 3Ba to 40s I Grinding....' Beans .348 to 36s I Oats.. ...•' 01d... 36s to 38s I Peas ........ MARKET HARBOROUGI. I-- T o A moderate show of wheat, which sold st; recent currencies. Barley in tolerable suyP' a shade less money. Other kinds of grain —White wheat, 41s to 45s ; red, 38s to 4 21 Malting barley at 31s to 33s per qr.; griq, per 30 st, Oats, old, 26s to 28s; new, at. ; beans, 36s to 42s per qr. r cs9A' NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE—'L li— t o I At our market to-day there was a 1110er/1001 English wheat, which sold at scarcely so ra ti last week. A good attendance of the trade,.„ Averages Wheats, 38s 6d—barley, 38s 10d—oats, 19s Bd—pass, 398 4d. BIONBIOUTII—TuEsDAS• „ e pt c The local markets have been moderate l y 91; 01‘; buyers and sellers during the last six ?moll/ and there has been a considerable amount 01 The average quotations are as follows :-- 44 4 Wheat, white 5s 3d to 5s 9d I Barley. ..... 2g 1 Ditto red.....0s Od to Os Od Oats ..... Foreign Mail Packet tie" Mrs. L. Agar Ellis, of it son. Marriages. Iffo Boucle —CAREY.—On the Bth inst_,. at i. s r t y, .60 1 stead, John Bouch, Esq., The i l te°:% -- 0 , to Helen Rose, eldest daughter of 03—e of Wanstead. t t 4 11e 4 44 SIMON—POWELL.—On the Bth inst ., Church, Wolverhampton, George s i t ' i ft P t ° 4' oll mark-hill, Surrey, and Fenchurch - s tic '; r of J. J. Powell, 11 . q., Q.O , and M. Deaths. o ffh CATTERMOLE.—On the Ist inst., at 13081193 Jr termolo, ot London. aged GG. .00 1 ' COLLBROOKE.—On the.Bth. inst., Lieu. - Colebrooke, H.A., aged 75, ~0 1, 1101 0a r DE LA MARE.—On the 7th inst., .0 — ,age sgate;rot Esq., ot 37, Union street, Bishop JACKSON.—On the Bth inst., at The %% 0 0,5 S‘rah, wife of Mr. William Parry J'L e ';‘, %Sr °. the Kentish Independent and Jackso n nal, aged GO. London: Printed and Pub: bil l ed by WI I-11) 211 4 ° A i° of No. 112, Strand, Printer, a t I Strand, in the Precinct of, the Si - r °3 ;sBo AlidilleseX.—Thunday, Noyeaber 10, MAILS DUE. ,q Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton" . ' ...9, - 3.7.;_a Marseilles ..••• 01 Brazil and Cape Verde, by British p a cket•••4o.' Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. 1-10'" China, Penang, and Singapore, via S o uthall, via Marse ille ~ •...... . ... :, 41 Falkland Islands , Gibraltar, via Southampton ..................... India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southaar ..' via Mareeil lee, ,, , ' India (Bombay), via Southampton ...... ''...' via Marseilles ...... 1. ...1 1 i f i; Portugal.... ....... : i , Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton' ' o f via Marseilles .• ''.... Newfoundland ......................... ••',. Oporto and Vigo ....... i.,-eta,, U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. Peetet..'. by U.S. Pa c— itell by Canadiarif:eriii All parts of West Indies, including Chili, -. California. and British Columbia,.. • ' r ; . :I Births. at h O'a r / BENTINCR.—On the sth inst., at Edieltt 0 Walter Bentinck, Esq., late of the 1"" it t son. ot° Pen II COCIBURN.—On the 7th inst., at re— v Cockburn, of a son. .e v rd i ELLis.—On the Bth inst., at 99, Belgr aire Mrs'. L. Agar Ellis_ of a ann. 11EN KIN This c PRENC It li 1" Sold ii the Azel at _ Obser '4l(inah RE, n At a( "MPar liousek being. al be b`a partieul name rc Verifyin The certiffea must iloYehal Cloth ,___ 1R }:mp o Ever Itt th e The I Deny, eery c T•• Mact a Iy hich 111 8 , , P a anyj , tstat 4tr. v stall It c TT c ° ll nt lIA It uo , Baud t () m r 131 eat dent , orn Male Ad 11X] Strei Pi iron 0